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05 February 2013

Twinsie Tuesday: School Colours

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today for our TT theme we're doing school colours. It took me a few tries to come up with a manicure I liked enough to post, partly because I had 3 different sets of colours to choose among. My first high school, which I loved, was red, white, and blue, but I wasn't quite feeling the combination. My second high school seemed tailor-made for a manicure. Maroon and black, and the mascot was the zebra. Perfect, right?! But it was not to be. The closest polishes I had to maroon just did not want to cooperate, and while my zebra accent looked smash, the rest quickly dissolved into a hot mess. Finally, college came to the rescue with blue and yellow/gold.

I went with some simple dotted flower nail art, and the result was so cheerful! I used Orly Sweet Peacock, a metallic blue foil (which applied like a dream), and chose China Glaze Sunshine Pop for my golden yellow. And since this was for Emory University, whose mascots are an eagle and a skeleton, I figured white was a safe colour to add, so OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls was pressed into service once again.

I didn't expect to love this combination as much as I did--and I still wasn't totally sure about this look until I added the gold dots to the centres. The Zoya Ziv really balanced out and complimented the metallic base and brought the whole thing together. Finally, scholastic success!